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Yukon government employees must get first vaccine dose by Nov. 30
WHITEHORSE - Yukon's premier has announced a vaccine mandate for government employees including front-line workers in the health-care system and teachers, but the territory has not yet determined any ...
Nov 03, 2021
Champagne in U.S. to talk unblocking supply chain, and push rare-earth minerals
OTTAWA - Federal cabinet minister Franois-Philippe Champagne starts two days of meetings in Washington today with the goal of unblocking North America's supply chain. Champagne is the federal innovati...
Nov 03, 2021
CFJC Midday - A voice from the silence of autism; 'The Reason I Jump' comes to the Paramount Theatre
The Kamloops Film Society's Tom Friedman discusses the documentary 'The Reason I Jump' which explores the experiences of nonspeaking autistic children from around the world. This film will change the ...
Nov 03, 2021
Canada's spy agency plans to offer 'significant' help assessing climate change threat
OTTAWA - A senior Canadian Security Intelligence Service official predicts the spy agency will make a "significant contribution" to understanding the threats posed by a warming planet as climate chang...
Nov 03, 2021
Royal B.C. Museum starts decolonization of galleries this month, says acting CEO
VICTORIA - The Royal British Columbia Museum is closing some sections of its galleries as it embarks on an effort to decolonize the institution. Daniel Muzyka, the museum's acting CEO, says in a state...
Nov 03, 2021
Royal B.C. Museum starts decolonization of galleries this month, says acting CEO
VICTORIA - The Royal British Columbia Museum is closing some sections of its galleries as it embarks on an effort to decolonize the institution. Daniel Muzyka, the museum's acting CEO, says in a state...
Nov 03, 2021
Four Kamloops schools added to IH COVID-19 exposure list Wednesday
KAMLOOPS - While the number of school exposures to COVID-19 in Interior Health appears to be on the decline, there are four new schools to add to the list in Kamloops.As of late Wednesday morning (Nov...
Nov 03, 2021
Frey wins 2nd term as Minneapolis mayor after bitter race
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was reelected to a second term, surviving a bitter challenge in a race that focused on calls for changes to policing and racial justice, elections offic...
Nov 03, 2021
With $15M donation, Phil and Jennie Gaglardi Foundation claims name of Royal Inland Hospital patient care tower
KAMLOOPS - When the first phase of the new Patient Care Tower officially opens in July, on it will be the names of two people who cared deeply about the Kamloops community. It will be named the Phil &...
Nov 03, 2021
Officials tell AP that Iran seized Vietnamese oil tanker
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman last month and still holds the vessel, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday, rev...
Nov 03, 2021
